Competing Precarities in Namewee’s Film, Banglasia 2.0 (2019)
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The Malaysian film Banglasia 2.0 (2019) uses dark satirical comedy to explore the concept of competing precarities between its diasporic communities and its migrant workers. Although occupying different positions on the precarity spectrum, the layered competition of the Malaysian Chinese and the migrant workers in Malaysia is highlighted. By strategic allusions to the political scandal of alleged citizenship-for- votes, the film foregrounds both the threat to the concept of democratic citizenship and the exacerbated precarity of migrant workers whose legitimacy is always in a state of flux. The juxtaposition of the migrant worker and the diasporic community also demonstrates the conundrum of the diasporic community within Malaysia: it has been indentured labour in both colonial Malaya and contemporary Malaysia that made up the system which allows the ruling elites to postpone impending crises through a ready supply of “cheap” labour. Nonetheless, though the film deals with multiple political scandals, its abrupt utopian ending prevents it from dealing with some core issues that have long plagued Malaysian society.
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The Malaysian film Banglasia 2.0 (2019) uses dark satirical comedy to explore the concept of competing precarities between its diasporic communities and its migrant workers. Although occupying different positions on the precarity spectrum, the layered competition of the Malaysian Chinese and the migrant workers in Malaysia is highlighted. By strategic allusions to the political scandal of alleged citizenship-for- votes, the film foregrounds both the threat to the concept of democratic citizenship and the exacerbated precarity of migrant workers whose legitimacy is always in a state of flux. The juxtaposition of the migrant worker and the diasporic community also demonstrates the conundrum of the diasporic community within Malaysia: it has been indentured labour in both colonial Malaya and contemporary Malaysia that made up the system which allows the ruling elites to postpone impending crises through a ready supply of “cheap” labour. Nonetheless, though the film deals with multiple political scandals, its abrupt utopian ending prevents it from dealing with some core issues that have long plagued Malaysian society.
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